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Columbian Metro Team Editor

Ridgefield home heavily damaged in early morning blaze

November 25, 2017, 8:23am Clark County News

A man woke early Saturday morning and "smelled fire and heard the crackling" of flames in his Ridgefield area home. Read story

Missing 19-year-old woman found safe

November 17, 2017, 5:57pm Clark County News

Vancouver police are seeking help in finding a young woman who went missing Thursday night. Read story

I-5 ramps prompt query

November 14, 2017, 6:00am Clark County News

Anyone who’s encountered the interchange between Interstate 5 and state Highway 500 knows that there are some gotchas, and readers want an explanation. Read story

Rape suspect from Oregon arrested in Vancouver

October 28, 2017, 9:03am Clark County News

A rape suspect from Oregon was shot with less-lethal ammunition and arrested early Saturday morning at a Vancouver residence in the Orchards area. Read story

Andalucia Yandell, 6, of Vancouver holds her pony, Trigger, who got loose Monday morning and led law enforcement on a chase near the Vancouver Mall. Clark County Animal Protection and Control captured the pony and found a foster home where he stayed until his owners could be found.

Trigger, the little pony, back home after chase near Vancouver Mall

Andalucia Yandell, 6, of Vancouver holds her pony, Trigger, who got loose Monday morning and led law enforcement on a chase near the Vancouver Mall. Clark County Animal Protection and Control captured the pony and found a foster home where he stayed until his owners could be found.

October 18, 2017, 2:07pm Clark County News

When Jaci Spooner told her daughter her miniature pet pony, Trigger, had run away and they needed to go pick him up Tuesday afternoon, the 6-year-old girl didn’t believe her. Read story

Firefighters extinguish a car on fire along State Highway 14 about a mile east of the Lieser Road exit as people look on Wednesday morning, Oct. 18, 2017. Traffic traveling in the westbound lane was backed up and routed around the scene. No injuries were reported.

Car fire in Vancouver leads to traffic backup on Highway 14

Firefighters extinguish a car on fire along State Highway 14 about a mile east of the Lieser Road exit as people look on Wednesday morning, Oct. 18, 2017. Traffic traveling in the westbound lane was backed up and routed around the scene. No injuries were reported.

October 18, 2017, 11:37am Clark County News

A car fire stopped traffic in spectacular fashion along Highway 14 Wednesday morning. The fire was reported about 10:35 a.m. in the westbound lanes of the highway near Ellsworth Road, just west of Interstate 205. Vancouver firefighters arrived to find everyone was safely out of the burning car and were… Read story

Bill Burrus, field officer for Clark County Animal Protection and Control, holds a pony found Monday at the Vancouver Village shopping area near the Vancouver Mall. The pony was reported on the loose about 11 a.m. but was quickly contained by Vancouver police officers and troopers with the Washington State Patrol.

Pony leads police, troopers on a noontime chase

Bill Burrus, field officer for Clark County Animal Protection and Control, holds a pony found Monday at the Vancouver Village shopping area near the Vancouver Mall. The pony was reported on the loose about 11 a.m. but was quickly contained by Vancouver police officers and troopers with the Washington State Patrol.

October 16, 2017, 5:46pm Clark County News

A runaway pony led authorities on a chase through the streets near Vancouver Mall just before the lunch hour on Monday. Read story

History tops Clark Asks voting round

October 3, 2017, 6:05am Clark County News

We recently asked you to help us choose the next Clark Asks story to pursue, and diving into local history won again. Read story

Nainoa Bratt, 10, of Vancouver was reported missing Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. He left his Vancouver home with a friend about 5:30 p.m. on their bikes but Bratt did not return home.

Missing 10-year-old Vancouver boy found safe

Nainoa Bratt, 10, of Vancouver was reported missing Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. He left his Vancouver home with a friend about 5:30 p.m. on their bikes but Bratt did not return home.

September 30, 2017, 8:03am Clark County News

A 10-year-old Vancouver boy who was reported missing early Friday evening has been found safe, according to Vancouver Police. According to a statement released at 10 a.m., Saturday, that 10-year-old Nainoa Bratt, was located. Police say Bratt went missing around 5:30 p.m. Friday, when he and a friend left his… Read story

A helicopter makes a water drop on the Eagle Creek Fire on Thursday in this view from the Cape Horn overlook along Highway 14. Improved conditions also allowed water drops on the Archer Mountain Fire in western Skamania County.

Fire crews make headway on Gorge fires

A helicopter makes a water drop on the Eagle Creek Fire on Thursday in this view from the Cape Horn overlook along Highway 14. Improved conditions also allowed water drops on the Archer Mountain Fire in western Skamania County.

September 7, 2017, 9:09pm Clark County News

Fire crews worked alongside two bulldozers to construct fire lines along the Archer Mountain fire in Skamania County on Thursday, which officials estimate was about 6 percent contained. Read story